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Tax will ensure 911 calls answered
Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber is considering legislation that would declare a public safety emergency in some Oregon counties where residents often have been left to try to fend for themselves.
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Teen rejecting plea: Sex consensual
Eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt, charged with a crime for having oral sex with a 14-year-old girl, rejected a deal Friday that would have required her to plead guilty to a child abuse charge, according to Hunt's attorney.
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Everest legacy: On top of world, 1963
When Jim Whittaker stood atop Everest in 1963, he became the first American to accomplish the feat. He had no way to know he'd be back on the mountain with his son 49 years later, at age 83.
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Bridge collapses in Washington
Crews are still searching the area, but they say it appears no one died when an Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River collapsed. Three people were rescued from the water.
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Arias juror: Decision tense
A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and emotional.
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Rumors of New York Yankees' demise greatly exaggerated
This was supposed to be the year that a baseball dynasty crumbled, that everything finally caught up to the mighty Yankees.
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Cops: Boy killed adopted brothers
A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested in connection with the slayings of his two younger adopted brothers, ages 4 and 10, who were apparently stabbed to death in their home, authorities said Thursday.
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When tornado hit, they stood ready
When an EF5 tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma, this week, Tad Agoglia and his First Response Team of America were stationed at a hotel about 30 miles away, ready to take action.
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Mom in labor amid twister
Tears flowed and hugs were traded on Thursday in an Oklahoma maternity ward as four nurses saw for the first time the baby whose birth they helped safeguard during a direct hit by Monday's tornado.
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Mom dies, gives birth, then is revived -- and they're both fine
Three-month-old Elayna Nigrelli has redefined what it means to be a miracle baby. She was born while her mother was technically dead.
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Joplin gives lessons in starting over
For most of us, it's hard to relate to the images of destruction we see on the television screen. It's nearly impossible to imaging losing it all.
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Bush's war on terror over
Despite dramatic terrorist incidents, the terror threat that led to 9/11 has been defeated, and Obama is right to say the U.S. should move on, says Peter Bergen.
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One block, two tornadoes: Life in the cross hairs
Nancy E. Davis crouched alone in her white barn as a tornado tossed off the roof and peeled back the walls.
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When company owns human genes
Gayle Sulik says the reason the BRCA1 gene mutation test for breast cancer risk is so expensive is that a company owns the gene and sets the price.
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Could Weiner replace Bloomberg?
Dean Obeidallah, Margaret Hoover and John Avlon take on the NY mayoral race's new candidate, GOP hypocrisy in Oklahoma relief funding and Bloomberg's comment on who shouldn't go to college
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Soldiers and sex: Can men evolve?
Pepper Schwartz says with constant drumbeat of scandals in armed forces, the military must require education programs to teach men self control, address culture of sexual entitlement
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N.Y. police probe possible cyberbullying after girl hangs self
A 12-year-old girl found hanged in her home left behind a suicide note that mentioned online bullying, according to police.
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Scouts allow gay members
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Amanda Bynes in trouble, again
Adding to what's becoming a lengthy list of run-ins with the law, New York police arrested actress Amanda Bynes on Thursday night after she allegedly tossed drug paraphernalia out the window of her 36th floor Manhattan apartment.
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